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China's 3rd Largest Hydropower Station Will Be Ready This Year 2008-09-03 11:07:00 Longtan hydropower station, the China
's 3rd largest, will be put into operation until the end of this year. The seven sets of generators with a capacity of some 700,000 kilowatts each, will come into operation until the end of 2008, announced Dai Bo, the general manager of Longtan hydropower station.The Longtan hydropower station project is the third largest project from China and has a value of a Read more:Largest
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Dubai Plans an "Eco" Tower With One Million Inhabitants 2008-09-03 08:00:00 Its name is ZIGGURAT and is more than a pyramid made from towers. Dubai
manages to impress again with the project of the world's biggest pyramid, which plans to refuge one million inhabitants into a base of 2.3 square kilometers.This project will be environmentally friendly because ZIGGURAT will operate independently, without being connected to a network of electricity or heating, using only wind Read more:Inhabitants
, Tower
Toyota iQ Is The Smallest Hybrid 2008-09-02 10:32:00 Toyota iQ could win the title of "the smallest hybrid" and "the smallest car with four seats ever built" at the Auto Salon from Paris. A rumor is about that the Japanese works to a hybrid version of this model, which would appear in 2010.The model equipped with classical variant of motorization has an aggregate of 1.0 litre, but the auto producer number 1 in the world will provide customers that a Read more:Hybrid
, Toyota
The Japanese Install Solar Panels On Vessels 2008-09-02 07:06:00 The biggest naval company from Japan wants to install solar panels on its vessels. Nippon Yusen KK recently announced that plans to invest 1.37 million dollars into a system of 328 solar panels with a capacity of 40 kilowatts for its marine vessels. The system will be ready in December.Initially, the vessels that are carrying goods, which are quite high that can carry up to 6,400 cars will be pow Read more:Japanese
, Solar
6 Million Free Eco-Bulbs In Panama 2008-09-02 06:01:00 Panama will share 6 million ecological bulbs, approximately two for every citizen, as a measure to meet the increasing demand for electricity, president Martin Torrijos announced. The operation " ecological bulb" implies that the government buy ecological fluorescent bulbs, worth of 13 million dollars to replace the incandescent ones.This program is similar with others that have taken place in Cub Read more:Bulbs
, Panama
Czechs Will Build In Romania The Biggest Wind Farm From Europe 2008-09-02 05:20:00 The national company for electricity from Czech Republic announced its intention to build in Romania the largest project of wind farms from Europe
. The company has already bought two lands near Constanta, on the Black Sea bank.For project development have been allocated 1.1 billion euros. The Czechs have announced that the first works to create the largest wind farms from Europe will begin next mo Read more:Build
"Concept Ice Vehicle" Powered by Biofuel 2008-09-01 11:11:00 An auto manufacturer has revealed a concept vehicle on the ice which resists temperatures of -72 degrees Celsius, going with a speed of up to 134 km per hour and is friendly with the environment at the same time.The new Lotus ice vehicle which goes on biofuel, will be tested on a distance of 4,800 km in Antarctica. 1150 BMW motorcycle engine adapted emit by approximately 70% less greenhouse gas em Read more:Concept
, Vehicle
Tacoma Company Buys Renewable Energy Credits 2008-09-01 08:16:00 Tacoma Power Company will invest 15 million dollars in credits for renewable energy from Iberdrola Renewable
s. The contract will start in 2012 and will remain in force until the end of 2019. The credits for renewable energy will come from Iberdrola Renewables project to generate wind power. Acquisition will help the company to abide by Initiative 937, in which 15% of usefulness energy to result f Read more:Credits
, Energy
Chevrolet Volt - Until 2010 Will Be On The Roads 2008-08-31 23:13:00 General Motors officials have said that the car without polluting emissions could be available before November 2010, as had been originally announced.The hybrid concept from General Motors, with an autonomy of up to 1,000 kilometers, is expected of more than 30,000 buyers. General Motors will launch official the series concept Chevrolet
Volt the next weeks, write Motor Authority. Announcement was Read more:Roads
, Until
A Sustainable Life In a Hobit Eco House 2008-08-30 00:35:00 A fan of hobit stories has built a ecological house in which to living close to the nature with his family. Simon Dale from Wales, Great Britain has raised a house only from clay, stones and rocks that covered these with grass and muscle. Besides the fact that this is a imitation of a hibit houses, the little house is perfectly functional.Solar panels produce needed energy for electrical equipmen Read more:House
, Sustainable
Tires That Reduce Fuel Consumption 2008-08-30 00:11:00 ExxonMobil Chemical Company has completed the developments at the technology system from Pensacola, Florida, which will produce a new type of tires, Exxcore DVA, aimed to reduce fuel consumption. The new technology is based on improving the process of holding pressure in the tires (infaltion pressure retention - IPR).The company claims that this new technology has the ability to achieve a degree o Read more:Consumption
Formula 1 Race With Zero Emissions 2008-08-28 03:06:00 The first Formula
1 race cars based on hydrogen was held last weekend, at Rotterdam. At the competition named Formula Zero Championship, have competed teams from five countries into a karts race with zero emissions. The cars from each team went on hydrogen cell.A Dutch team won the competition while a Spanish team received the award for the highest speed.Formula Zero was founded by the dutch God
A Charger That Will Powered By Kinetic Motion 2008-08-28 00:50:00 Next year, the company M2E Power will launch a charger that works with kinetic energy. It can capture enough energy generated by the movement of the user running, such as to recharge the mobile phones batteries.The company officials said that six hours of movement can generate energy for calls of 30-60 minutes for a mobile phone. The user can keep the charger rucksack or in a bag and leave it to r Read more:Charger
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Mitsubishi Invests 450 Billion Dollars On Solar Energy 2008-08-28 00:22:00 Mitsubishi Electric Corp. wants to invest billions of dollars in production of photovoltaic cells to profit by the huge demands for solar energy, caused by higher fuel prices.The company announced that it will invest 458 billion dollars in solar energy, intended to raise the production capacity to 600 megawatts until 2012. At present, Mitsubishi has a total capacity of energy generating of 150 m Read more:Energy
, Invests
, Mitsubishi
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The Indians Conquered The U.S. With The First Diesel-Hybrid 2008-08-26 04:33:00 The Indians
want to conquer the United States with the first diesel-hybrid vehicle entered on the American market. Mahindra & Mahindra will reveal between 14 and 17 april at Detroit a pick-up hybrid that would enter on the American market in 2010.The pick-up Appalachian is equipped with a diesel propellant and a electric motor. According to Indian officials, the diesel engine of 2.2 litres an Read more:First
, Hybrid
General Motors Factory Becoming More "Green" With Solar Panels 2008-08-26 03:24:00 A solar installation of 1.2 megawatts will be installed on the roof of a GeneralMotors
plant from White Marsh. The company recently announced that add solar panels on the one of the biggest factories of assembling cars from Spain.Solar
plant from White Marsh will generate approximately 1.4 million kilowatts and will replace 20% of the electricity that the plan it buy. According to the contract Read more:Becoming
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A Solar Plane Has Beat The Air Resistance Record Without Pilot 2008-08-26 02:57:00 A plane that goes with solar energy, built in Britain, has set a world record of resistance in air for a flight effectuated without pilot.Known as the Zephyr-6, the unit has resisted in air more than two days, at night it has flight with batteries charged during the day from the sun. The flight was a demonstration for the United States army which is looking for new flight technologies on automat Read more:Pilot
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, Solar
The Hybrids From Chrysler Enters Into Production 2008-08-25 09:50:00 The first hybrid vehicles from Chrysler
, Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen are now finally in production at the factory from Newark Delaware, followed to providing a consumer with 25% less than the gas version.Both models have a Hemi V8 engine of 5.7 litres and a hybrid system of two-mode type to maintain the interest of Americans for SUV's, despite the high oil prices.This system, developed toget Read more:Hybrids
, Production
Nano Batteries Get Their Energy From Viruses 2008-08-24 00:42:00 Instead to be exterminated, viruses are used to build cheap and simple small sources of energy. In their initial experiments, the engineers of the Technology Institute from Massachusetts (MIT) have genetically modified viruses and obtained a protein that attracts the pieces from metal. Now, they have used this feature to build key components of microscopic batteries.Batteries are consist of four Read more:Energy
, Viruses
Neenah Paper Company Produces Paper With Green Energy 2008-08-23 00:57:00 Neenah Paper Company, a manufacturer of premium paper, intends to produce electricity for its largest factory from wood waste and fibers starting next year.Neenah Paper contacted the company Power Vision to build a biomass energy system for the factory Whinting of Wisconsin. The system on biomass is scheduled to be ready until the end of 2009. It will replace the boiler on gas of the factory.The s Read more:Energy
, Green
Hybrid Locomotives For North America 2008-08-21 12:46:00 The company Bombardier has won a tender worth of 485 million dollars to provide hybrid engines for public transport in New Jersey and Montreal. The new locomotives able to work both with fossil fuels as well as electricity are a premiere in NorthAmerica
.New Jersey Transit Corporation will receive 26 locomotives for passenger trains. The new acquisitions have cost 262 million dollars with the opt Read more:Hybrid
Peugeot is Launching a New Hybrid Concept 2008-08-21 05:05:00 Peugeot showed some photos of the new hybrid concept that the French have made for the Auto Salon from from Paris. The car s called RC ..., the full name followed to be known only at the official presentation from Auto Salon.The new Peugeot RC ... presents itself as a coupe with four doors and four seats, accessible and versatile, also benefiting from newest hybrid technology. The French announc Read more:Concept
, Hybrid
, Peugeot
Australian Geothermal Springs Can Produce Energy For 26,000 Years 2008-08-21 00:41:00 Australian researchers have estimated that only a percentage of unexplored national resources of geothermal springs may produce during the 26,000 years clean electric energy.Australian Government announced a project worth of 43 million U.S. dollars for develop technology to convert geothermal energy in electricity. "Geothermal energy, which is known as hot rocks, has a huge potential for Australia Read more:Australian
, Energy
, Springs
, Years
Pilot Island DSe Hybrid - The First Hybrid Yacht 2008-08-21 00:22:00 Following the cars trend, a different green means of transport is the yacht. IslandPilot
DSe Hybrid
is the first green vehicle on the water, long of 12 meters which combines fossil fuel, solar energy and electricity.It is equipped with a photovoltaic solar panel of six kw plus a battery of 20 kilowatts / hour and can travel with a maximum speed of almost four kilometric per hour with zero emissi Read more:First
, Yacht
World's First Formula 1 Wind Vehicle 2008-08-20 23:28:00 A British engineer has invented a wind vehicle of high technology that intends to reach in the records book for the highest speed generated by wind on land.Richard Jenkins hopes that his high-tech invention to reach a speed of approximately 190 kilometers per hour. If successful this thing, his explorations of 10 years will end and these will also convince that could achieve a larger goal.Jenkins Read more:First
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Top 10 in Solar Energy 2008-09-20 06:26:00 The solar cells efficiency grow, and a number of projects based on solar panels rises everywhere in the world. In the following are some of the most interesting, including solar buildings and giant solar "plants". We hope that the their successors to be more larger and more efficient.1. Dunster Castle, Somerset, UKApproximately 15-20% of the energy used by Dunster Castle is generated by solar pane Read more:Energy
, Solar
Mercedes Launches First Series Hybrid 2008-09-18 03:48:00 Mercedes will launch its first car with a hybrid propulsion system in the summer of 2009. It's called S400 BlueHybrid
and is equipped with a V6 engine on gasoline and an electric motor. The combination between these make this car to be the most economical luxury car.The mixed consumption is 7.9 litres of gasoline per 100 km. This help in getting the lowest CO2 emissions from its class, only 190 gr Read more:First
, Mercedes
Car Without Driver Will Revolutionize Urban Transport 2008-09-18 00:25:00 The new vehicle is fast, cheap, efficient in terms of energy and not polluting. The vehicle run on overhead rails and has no driver.The car, called "podcar", will operate on a narrow rail created especially for it. The "podcar" system will have specially equipped stations, where cars will be called to order, like a taxi.The new vehicle operates on electricity and can traverse seven kilometers in 1 Read more:Driver
, Urban
GM Launches Chevrolet Volt Hybrid at 100th Anniversary 2008-09-17 07:51:00 General Motors (GM) has celebrated the anniversary of 100 years of existence in the international automotive industry by launching the model series, Chevrolet
Volt hybrid."Volt symbolizes the GM commitment towards the future, or the type of technological innovation that our industry needs to face the challenges of environmental and energy from the present and future," said Rick Wagoner, GM's execu Read more:Anniversary
, Hybrid
Tesla Will Produce 15,000 Electric Cars Per Year 2008-09-17 03:03:00 The electric sports car maker, Tesla Motors, built a auto factory of 250 million dollars in Silicon Valley, California, to produce sedan models that will go out on the United States market at the end of 2010.The Tesla Roadster car has attracted some attention and is already considered a must-have which established trends in the green cars field.The mayor from San Jose, Chuck Reed, said that Silico Read more:Electric
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